seminar on cloud computing
Department of Computer Science & Engineering, KIIT College of Engineering, Gurgaon, organised a seminar on cloud computing for iphone and android aimed at providing the extra edge to Engineering students appearing for various competitive exams.
Anurag Kumar Mudgal, senior cloud computing professional was the spokesperson of the event. Cloud computing is a computing model in which providers remotely deliver a variety of IT-enabled, on-demand capabilities to Students.
The objective of the seminar was that it can help remove barriers to costly technology, opening new opportunities for students.
KIDsS App for Parents
Kid Social Shell (KIDSS) the useful parenting app for parents and guardians of young children has come up with an updated version of their app. In addition to featuring real-time online parent counselors, the newly upgraded app features a panel of professional experts like child nutrition experts, child psychologists, pre and post pregnancy fitness experts, child behaviour experts, dietary planning experts. etc.
It also features a blogging section for parents where parents can contribute via articles, discussions and comments which help in making parenting easier. The app is available only on Android.
workshop on green fashion
Indian Institute of Art and Design organised a workshop — Green Fashion at their campus. The theme of the workshop was to make best out of waste. More than 350 students contributed in this event. Mount Carmel High School, Ryan International, DPS, Sophia Public school, St. Xavier’s High School, St. Michael School DAV Public school, and other schools in the city took part in the event.
The objective was to show case green fashion and spread the world, that human need to be closer to the nature.
The creativity of the students were at its best as they made utility based product out of used buckets, container, straws, old magazines, newspapers, discarded cartons and clothes among other things. This workshop is known to be innovative and bring something new every time. All the students illustrated their creative and resourceful work.
founder’s day celebrated at ryan
The students of Ryan International School, Vasant Kunj recently celebrated the Founder’s Day with much fan fare and enthusiasm, as the birthday of the great visionary their founder-chairman Dr Augustine F Pinto.
The school principal Sandhya Sabu addressed the students and shared the road map designed by the founder chairman for each and every Ryanite to excel and shine globally. A tree plantation drive in and around the school was conducted with zeal and motivation. Generous contributions for project share and care brought a smile on the faces of the less fortunate and underprivileged.
The contribution of Dr Pinto in the field of education has been acknowledged not only in India but the world over, as he has received numerous accolades and awards.
Encyclopaedia Britannica’s E-library
Encyclopaedia Britannica (EB) India has announced the launch of its award-winning e-library— library Unplugged which offers 1000-plus reference titles to assist curricular learning and covers a wide range of subject areas.
Sarvesh Shrivastava, MD, Encyclopaedia Britannica South Asia said: “With our e-library solution we propose to unplug the library and transform it into an active learning resource by bringing it into the classroom and the home. Costly reference titles which were limited by the number of print copies can now become part of the learning process in e-book form with unlimited copies. Teachers can introduce project and research-based assignments to students without worrying about the age appropriateness, authenticity and safety of the content.”
For more information on the encyclopaedia, visit: www.britannica.com/www.britannicaindia.com.
film festival at aimc
A three-day annual film festival, — We Care — kicked off on September 22 at Apeejay Institute of Mass Communication (AIMC) in Delhi. The festival aims to sensitise students and the society at large towards issues associated with the differently-abled people and make them realise that there are we care.
Films that will be screened at the festival include Goonga Pehelwan, a documentary that follows India’s most successful deaf athlete on his quest to reach the Rio Olympics, 2016 and become the second deaf wrestler in the history of the Olympics to do so; Departure lounge, a film that celebrates the beautiful bond of friendship and deaf solidarity that develops between two people; Shining Stars, a film highlights the emotional and physical distress of a terrorist attack survivor in her life and on her journey to become a single mother along with a film on visual impairment, Audi by students of AIMC.
The festival is being organised in association with internationally recognised NGO, Brotherhood along with the support of UNESCO, National Trust, UN Information Center.